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HEAT DIODE CONVERTER. Interim Scientific Report No. 4, February 1, 1962- April 30, 1962

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4754445
Work on the thermionic emission properties of refractory materials in cesium vapor progressed and some new features of the behavior of refractory metals in high cesium pressure were observed. Measurement was continued of saturation emission currents in a cesium plasma anode discharge tube. The electron reflection measurement technique proved satisfactory, and a set of experiments for copper is reported. A complete set of measurements was taken for the thermal conductivity of cesium vapor. A complete analvsis was carried out for all the previously done measurements of the evaporation of molybdenum in cesium vapor. (auth)
Research Organization:
Westinghouse Electric Corp. Research Labs., Pittsburgh
NSA Number:
NSA-17-003463
OSTI ID:
4754445
Report Number(s):
AD-276411
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English